The current world champion overcame his best lap in the third qualifying segment in 1 minute 34.794 seconds.

The second was his team mate Valtteri Bottas. Troika closed the vice-champion in 2018 - the pilot of the Ferrari Sebastian Vettel.

Russian Sergey Sirotkin, for whom the upcoming race will be the last for the Williams team, took 19th place in the final protocol of the session. His partner, Canadian Lance Stroll - the 20th.

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Earlier it became known that Sirotkin will not compete in Formula 1 in the 2019 season.